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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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